organization.

I'm not saying im totally perfect at it, but I like to be organized. I can usually remember the important things (I dont know if school work is catagorized in that, seeing as somehow, it can usually be forgotten--whoops!). Which brings me to my point, I so desperately need my new 2010 moleskine weekly planner+notebook combo. Can I find it? No. Does this happen to me every year? Yes. Do I want to buy it online and pay shipping? Heck no. Do I always wait until its too late to find one? You bet. If I was a good person I would start hunting for it in November, but im always busy in November straight up until January. And when January comes around, that means school starts and that means im S.O.L. But i've been doing this for the past THREE years. And somehow I always manage to find one. Last year I drove 45 minutes to Salem only to be dissapointed.  However, my sick-awesome roomate, Bri found one for me a few days later.

For some reason, I cannot imagine using another planner. EVER. It has to be this one or i'll die. I swear. I also swear im so, So over dramatic. What im really saying is, im 6 days into January and I already feel like im swimming in disorganized thoughts and a lack of organization.

I went to Borders tonight to see if I could find it. Nope, not there. Which ment I had to buy a book (and a pita from Pita Pit) to drown my sorrows.

Help.

2009.

It was a pretty good year, if I do say so myself. It was full of lots of exciting moments. Geoff and I got married in June and honestly, I can hardly remember the months before that. I do remember starting off the new year right. In January I started school, then quickly took a week off to go to Hawaii (Gracias, Bryan Family) and then a couple weeks later on Jan. 31st (Thank you Geoff for remembering, if I had known at the time that he was going to be a permanent part of my life I would have tried to remember more) I met Geoff for the first time. That was after about 30 minutes of lame pick-up lines on FB chat, a trip to the gym on my part and then two hours later he walked into my apartment. I made him grilled cheese, to which he promptly fell in love with me. Then he tried to kiss me (geoff will tell you its the other way around, but hes wrong) and I turned away and then he left. Thankfully after all that, that boy had the courage to call me up the next day to see if I would go to a basketball game with him. After that the rest is a blur...

I do remember meeting his family for the first time and trying to figure out why I was so blessed or how I could feel so comfortable.

I remember picking out an engagement ring for three hours while jones and geoff sat on the couch talking sports.

I remember trying to find the perfect wedding dress. Finding it. Loving it. Then absolutely hating it and sitting in my dress, in my moms room crying and crying. Then falling in love with it again. (sorry mom.)

I also remember trying to focus in my classes but instead always making lists of things that needed to be done. And sharing all my wedding details in one of my late night classes--it was a small class and my teacher and all the girls loved asking me questions about it. It was so funny.

And then June 13th came along.

Then I remeber standing in the temple alone after Geoff and I had been sealed for time and all eternity and looking to him and asking him if he felt any different. He said no. I didnt feel any different either.

Since, then

We've moved twice and are much happier with our new townhouse.

We went through an entire season of football. Which included and is not limited to, traveling for games, organizing family and tickets, buying more beaver gear, keeping geoff motivated, and cheering my heart out.

------I do have to say that football does make it pretty easy on me by feeding Geoff and doing his football laundry. yuck. which only reinforces what a good mom Shellene is for doing all those boys sports laundry.

We made it through summer school, fall term and fall camp.

We we're able to see Geoff's family every month since we've been married, which is such a blessing.

I've been on planes more in the last year than I have in my entire life.

We had our first holiday season together.

The more I look back on 2009 the more I love it. It started out great and ended great with a lot of good stuff in the middle.

Happy New Year everyone!

"all this to walk in the snow and eat chili?"

We went snowshoeing the other day. Geoff wasnt so keen on the idea, especially once he realized that my sisters family wanted to stop and eat chili out of a thermos in the woods (as part of my own beliefs--I dont eat chili from a can) but it sounded like a fun idea and something new to try out (minus the chili part)---and dont worry, we didnt eat chili in the woods, we went to a pizza place after we were done.

Geoff ended up having a pretty good time once he stopped complaining and forgot about the fact that he was walking.

It was so beautiful out there.

Geoff hadnt quite embraced it yet.

nor at this point either.

But then I think that the flavor of his hat started to come out and with the combination of his beard started embracing his inner woodsman. (does that sentance even make sense?)

strong.

Look closely, someone decorated this little tree with some christmas ornaments.

so sweet!

almost perfect, if air jordan hadnt decided to accompany us.

snow kayaking.

its a very dangerous sport.

backgammon.

From morning until night...

these boys cant stop playing backgammon.

They are so competitive with each other.

Spotlight on...

My mom. She painted The Nichols house in watercolor as a gift for them and made prints of it for me and herself. Their home was the perfect location for our wedding reception--and my mom did a great job of painting it. It was her first time taking on a project like this.

way to go mom!

I'm on a boat!

Sarah got a kayak for Christmas.

After all the presents were opened and done,

We decided to celebrate by busting out the See's chocolates.

Merry Christmas!